Why Trump's Alarmist Message on Immigration May Be Resonating Beyond His Base

Will Weissert and Jill Colvin / Associated Press

Migrants walk along concertina wire on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)

02 April 24

Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping themselves in American flags. “They're coming by the thousands,” Trump says in the video, posted on his social media site. In his speeches and online posts, Trump has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric as he seeks the White House a third time, casting migrants as dangerous criminals “poisoning the blood” of America.

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